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Baryte from
Book Cliffs area, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Area
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite8
Ankerite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Book Cliffs area, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (90 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:29738
Long-form Identifier:1:3:29738:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
33.5km (20.8 miles) Nancy Hanks Mine (Nancy Hanks claim), Nancy Hanks Gulch, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep Mining District, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
33.5km (20.8 miles) Amethyst Queen Claim, Copper Creek District, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep Mining District, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
64.5km (40.1 miles) Book Cliffs, Grand County, Utah, USA
64.9km (40.3 miles) Ryan Creek Fluorite Prospect, Ryan Creek Mining District, Grand County, Utah, USA
71.3km (44.3 miles) State Highway 141 roadcut, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
82.2km (51.1 miles) Copper Rivet Mine, Mesa County, Colorado, USA
87.6km (54.4 miles) Golden Cycle Mine (Bowen), Montrose County, Colorado, USA
91.6km (56.9 miles) La Salle Mine (La Salle Group), Montrose County, Colorado, USA
92.4km (57.4 miles) Sunrise Mine (Patented Claim: Sunrise; MS 16001), La Sal Mining District (Paradox Valley Mining District), Montrose County, Colorado, USA
92.8km (57.6 miles) Morning Glory Mines, La Sal Mining District (Paradox Valley Mining District), Montrose County, Colorado, USA
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